Benefit
"Bismillaahir-Rahmaanir-Raheem
Assalaamualaikum

She is Umm Abdir Rahmaan bint al Jawhar.

She graduated in Sharee'ah in Malik al Faisal university bil Ahsaa in Saudi
Arabia.

Three days after completeing her studies - Shaykh Fawzee al atharee
proposed to her - then together they travelled to Qaseem in Saudi Arabia where they studied
under ash-Shaykh al-Allaamah al-Faqeeh Mohammad bin Saalih al Uthayimeen -
for 5 years.

She said that the shaykh was very strict about who he allowed to teach - but
he gave Umm Abdir Rahmaan permission to teach sisters in her house.

In bahrain they have 21 centres for hifdh of the Quraan and other studies
like aqeedah and hadeeth and fiqh etc- always starting with tawheed and
utilising books mainly by Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen but also by Shaykh Saalih al Fawzaan,
al Haafidh al Hakamee etc.

She travels to the emirates every year - during the summer to give da'wah -
but this year she chose to come to the UK of her own accord in order to
benefit the sisters.

Umm Abdir Rahmaan's duroos are different in the sense - that one gets the
impression that she prepares them specifically for a female audience - she
will interact with the listeners and stand up and demonstrate to make issues
clear for everybody - also she will include a lot of her own experiences and
situations she encountered whilst giving daw'ah.

These are some of the main points that i was able to gather from her duroos:

The first few duroos were in relation to ilm and the seeking of it and
matters relating to the student of knowledge.

She mentioned that gaining ilm increases fear in Allaah- and the ones with
the most fear are Allaah's chosen elite - and she mentioned the ayah in
Surah Faatir mentioning that the ones that fear Allaah most from His slaves
are the ulema.

Why gain ilm?

1 She will gain the Pleasure of Allaah
2 She will have a good life in the dunya and aakhirah
3 'Ilm rectifies (with good cultivation) manners
4 It is a protection from all evils

It is waajib upon the taalib (student) to have ikhlaas (sincerity) in all actions and to
constantly renew her intention throught her ibaadaat (worship). She must stay away
from love of fame and leadership and nobody is safe from this except whom
Allaah saves. Imaam ash Shaatibee mentioned, 'the last things to enter the
soul of the righteous is rulership and love of fame'.

The student should be diligent in attending duroos, should have good time
management, a high desire to procede and strong intention, making du'aa,
memorising and sticking close to the shaykhah, she should make revision and
taking notes is better than just listening. She should seek ilm in her
youth as this is the time of strength and its likely that when she gets
married and has children - she will have more responsibilities and less
time. She should organise her time - giving preference where due e.g
tawheed first. she should leave off exessive friends and the market places.

She should leave off exessive sleep except what is needed -maybe 8 hours a
day. She should also leave off excessive mubaah (permissible/allowable) things as
Ibnul Qayyim mentions in "al-Fawaa-id" that the reason for falling into sin
are four:

1 Excessive eating and drinking
2 Excessive talking and mixing with the people
3 Excessive relationships with ones spouse
4 Excessive looking

The student yafham - ya'mal thumma yah'fadh
[meaning] understands, acts then memorises (taken from the athar of Ibn Mas'ood where
he mentioned that the Sahaabah never used to procede further than 10 ayaaat
until.....)

Quickly procede 'ilm with 'amal (action) - otherwise the 'ilm will leave you.

If a student feels as if she has a bad understanding or is a slow reader and
has bad hifdh then she must have ikhlaas, she must strive with herself and
utilise her time correctly, she must have faith in Allaah and also in
herself and Allaah will increase her.

Imaam bukhaari was asked what is the cure to bad hifdh? so he replied 'by
constantly looking into the books and with a purified niyyah'.

How does the taalibah (female student of knowledge) benefit by coming early to the circles of 'ilm?
1 She will have a great reward in the aakhirah (Hereafter)
2 The angels gather in the circles of 'ilm
3 Sakinah (tranqulity) descends there
4 You will be nearer to the speaker
5 You will comprehend more than those who came late.

What is upon the taalibah if she misses a dars (lesson)?
She makes up for the missed lesson - by collecting notes from other students
- as the 'ilm is like a chain, if one of the links is missing then it will
affect the gathered 'ilm. She should always have a clever Saahibah (female companion),
who you know will collect notes that you may miss.

What if the taalibah cannot comprehend or understand an issue?
She should revise and go back to the shaykhah or go back to other people who
were present in the dars.

She advised that if you buy a new book, then you shouldn't put it into your
maktaba until you have read two things from it:

1 The muqaddimah -the introduction
2 The fahras - the index

This way you will know what teh book is about and what issue it covers.
also one should memorise the title and the author.

What is the manner of putting a question to the shaikh?
She should choose a befitting time, and respect the shaikhah during asking and
she should not cut him/her off until after its explanation, also one should not
ask questions which will cause hardship or just to test the shaikh etc.

There were other questions on this subject - but i have selected the main
important points.